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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Rittschof, Kent; Chambers, Wendy – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2011
We present an example analysis and corresponding information graphics of data from a cognitive ability assessment as a means to illustrate the use of a Rasch measurement approach and advantages inherent in such an approach for a wide variety of teaching and learning investigations. The importance of placing measurements of student performances and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Evaluation Methods, Measures (Individuals), Visual Aids
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Roessingh, Hetty; Chambers, Wendy – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2011
In this article, we advance a model of project-based learning (PJBL) offering eight guiding principles to support a pragmatic and principled approach to teacher preparation at the undergraduate and graduate levels. We provide a template for structuring PJBL, and we include illustrative exemplars that demonstrate that the ideological mid-ground can…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Projects, Active Learning, Teaching Methods